Railway-tie.



G. E. WILL.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION. :runn JULY :4, 190a.

.PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

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CHARLES E. WILL, OF WATERLOO, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONEFOURTI-I TO FRANK J. EIGHMEY, OF VVATERLOO, IOWA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907,

Application filed July 24, 1906. Serial No. 327,482.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. WILL, a citizen of the United States of America, and

' a resident of Waterloo, Blackhawk county,

'form outwardly sloping grooves 1.

Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway ties and the object of my invention is to provide a tie of such a form as will anchor it in the roadbed, such a tie having a removable locking means for the rails combined with elastic bases for said rails.

Theobjects above set forth are accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in

Figure l is a plan view of my improved tie with rails attached by means of. my special form of locking clutches, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is a perspective View of one of the clutch members, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the toothed wedges, and Fig. 5 is another perspective view as seen from the opposite-side of the clutch member shown in Fig. 3 depicting it with the toothed wedge inserted in its proper position in the slot between the jaws of said member.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The tie a may be constructed from iron or any other suitable metal or material which will long resist the corrosive eflects of the elements, and is made of a peculiar shape as shown in Fig. 2, which aids in anchoring it in situ in the road bed to prevent lateral displacement The tie has the middle portion of its lower surface cut away to a considerable extent to form an arched recess g. The arched recess 9 may be of the form shown or otherwise as desired, its object being to provide opposing faces to the earth inclosed between to prevent sidewise slip. I have also shown upward proj ections c on the upper sides of the ends of the tie where said ends have been cut away to The projections 0 may be of the height shown or otherwise as desired, as the function of such projections is to help lock the tie in place in such situations as it is embedded in the soil or pavement.

The tie a has at proper distances from each end transversely recessed seats n whose transverse u per edges are somewhat inclined toward each other and whose base is square to form seats for the elastic blocks 76, as shown in Fig. 2. The the rails l) are seated are formed from Wood or any other suitable material having a small amount of elasticity.

h, h, are clutch members unconnected but having inwardly directed jaws d, said jaws having vertical transversely toothed slots 0 for the reception of the toothed wedges 1. Each clutch member has a transverse shoulder 0 to engage'the inner surface of the recess a. The wedges f are each provided on one side with a few transverse teeth m for a purpose presently to be described.

blocks 7c upon which do When the blocks 7c have been fitted within the recesses n and the rails b seated upon them, the clutch members it are driven in from the side so as to be seated between the vertical sides of the blocks 7c and the sides of the recesses 12 with theirjaws engaging the base flanges of said rails. The wedges f are then driven down through the slots 6 so as to pass between the clutches h and the vertical sides of: the blocks 7c, the notches or teeth m being on the outside and engaging the notches p of the slot d in each clutch member a. If, on account of shrinking or contraction by reason of compression, the blocks Yc'become slightly smaller so as to somewhat loosen the clutch members 71 in the recesses 91, the clutch parts may be easily tightened into efiective locking position by simply driving down the wedges f to the extent of one or more of the teeth m, the engagement of said teeth with the teeth 39 of the slot (1 then looking the clutch in lace. The clutch members may be easily isengaged from the rail after the wedges have been withdrawn, if it is desired to substitute a new block 7c for one which has become too much decayed.

It will be seen that my improved tie while composed of'but few parts and those easily put in place or removed, can at all times with. but little trouble be kept firmly locked to the rails, and as a whole has but a small portion subject to deterioration or decay. The rail Ice has a sufficiently elastic base formed of a minimum of material.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A railway tie, composed of a body having recessed seats, a removable base-block in each seat, and clutch-members removably secured between said bases and said seats.

2. A railway tie, composed of a body hav ing recessed seats, an elastic base-block in each seat, and clutch-members removably secured between said bases and said seats.

3. A railway tie, composed of a body having recessed seats, a removable elastic baseblock in each seat, and c1utch-members removably secured between said bases and said seats.

4. A railway tie, composed of a body having recessed seats, an elastic base in each seat, clutch-members having slotted jaws removably secured between said bases and said seats, and wedges inserted in the slots of the jaws of said clutch-members between said members and said elastic bases.

5. A railway-tie, composed of a body having recessed seats, an elastic base in each seat, clutch-members having slotted jaws remov ably secured between said bases and said seats, and wedges toothed on one side and inserted in the slots of the jaws of said clutchmembers between said members and said elastic bases, the teeth of said wedges engaging the inner faces of said slots.

6. A railway-tie, composed. of a body having recessed seats, a removable base-block in each seat, clutch-members removably secured between said base-blocks and said seats, said tie-body being provided with suitable anchoring means.

7. A railway-tie, composed of a body hav ing recessed seats, an elasticbase in each seat, clutch-members having slotted jaws removably secured between said bases and said seats, the inner faces of said slots having downwardly directed transverse teeth, and wedges having upwardly directed transverse teeth.on one side, said wedges being inserted in the jaws of said clutch-members between said clutch-members and said bases, the teeth of said wedges engaging and interlocking with the teeth on said clutch-members.

Signed at Waterloo, Iowa, this 20th day of July, 1906.

CHARLES E. WILL. Witnesses:

M. E. KENNEDY, G. G. KENNEDY. 

